Table 4.
Ratings Task, Descriptive Statistics for the Various Characteristics (Scores Ranging from 0-10)
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| Age Group | Transfer | Characteristic | Genetic | Environmental | Choice |
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| Adults | Close | Height | 8.61 (1.39) | 0.50 (1.79) | 0.07 (0.33) |
| Literacy | 2.28 (3.01) | 4.22 (3.27) | 4.48 (3.39) | ||
| Food selection | 0.65 (1.79) | 1.33 (2.19) | 7.91 (2.36) | ||
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| Far | Intelligence | 5.68 (2.58) | 3.27 (2.51) | 2.36 (2.09) | |
| Athleticism | 5.48 (2.53) | 2.42 (2.52) | 3.22 (2.80) | ||
| Niceness | 1.66 (2.46) | 5.83 (2.11) | 7.11 (1.75) | ||
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| Children | Close | Height | 8.51 (2.17) | 2.52 (3.63) | 2.35 (3.62) |
| Literacy | 4.42 (3.61) | 6.83 (3.12) | 6.07 (3.45) | ||
| Food selection | 3.01 (3.33) | 3.41 (3.54) | 8.48 (2.19) | ||
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| Far | Intelligence | 4.22 (3.03) | 5.27 (2.71) | 5.64 (2.92) | |
| Athleticism | 4.64 (3.14) | 5.14 (3.02) | 5.89 (3.13) | ||
| Niceness | 3.40 (2.95) | 5.87 (3.38) | 8.13 (1.98) | ||
Note. Mean values for the far-transfer items reflect the average across both the present and absent items (e.g., for “Niceness”, whether the target was nice or not nice).